I have recently joined up for the first week of the wetpixel trip to Isla Mujeres, and I am totally excited as I have never seen a whale shark before. Any advice regarding photo equipment or other(behavior in the water, miscellaneous equipment, etc) from those who have been would be greatly appreciated. Do I bring strobes? If they can be left at home that would be great because it would be nice not having to lug them around for once. Would a magic filter be useful? My current setup is a Nikon D200 in a sea & sea housing with ys-110a strobes and Tokina 10-17 lens. I look forward to meeting fellow Wetpixel members on this trip. Thanks!
Tom
no strobes, no filters
10-17 will be great
The rest they will explain when you get there. It will be a great experience.
Agree with George. No magic filter needed either - mostly you are at the surface. You will have so many whale sharks all over you, just point and shoot.
Hi Tom,
Also bring a big memory card. It can be a long day on the water and the potential to take a lot of photos. 8GB would be OK, 16GB better.
See you in Mexico.
Alex
I have recently joined up for the first week of the wetpixel trip to Isla Mujeres, and I am totally excited as I have never seen a whale shark before. Any advice regarding photo equipment or other(behavior in the water, miscellaneous equipment, etc) from those who have been would be greatly appreciated. Do I bring strobes? If they can be left at home that would be great because it would be nice not having to lug them around for once. Would a magic filter be useful? My current setup is a Nikon D200 in a sea & sea housing with ys-110a strobes and Tokina 10-17 lens. I look forward to meeting fellow Wetpixel members on this trip. Thanks!
Tom
Maybe you can take a WA rectilinear lens for a different taste (and flat surface) or even a 60mm (better with a strobe...) or a 17-70mm for portraits etc...
Maybe you can take a WA rectilinear lens for a different taste (and flat surface) or even a 60mm (better with a strobe...) or a 17-70mm for portraits etc...
Don't think they allow strobes.
Don't think they allow strobes.
Oh no they didn't?!?
Oh no they didn't?!?
No Strobes allowed with the whale sharks. I shoot them from June - Sept , ambient light only. 10 - 17 is great , get close and take lots of photos, the vis is usually great around isla mujares. Have fun.
Thanks for the advice everybody, I can understand why a larger card will be needed and will be sure to pack the 60. No problem with not being able to use strobes, they would just get in the way.
Tom
Thanks for this post. I would love to visit this island in the future. And take lovely photographs of it
Never heard of strobes not being allowed somewhere but not being a photographer it never confronted me. Would that rule apply to a videographers lights as well?
Steve
Would a 100mm dome well on this trip or is the 200mm better suited?
